Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Wednesday — Where Have You Been?

Posted on 07/31/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

I’ve been away from working on the blog. Here’s a couple of pictures of what I’ve been up to: On Sunday, 7/21 we had a thunderstorm that dropped three inches of rain, with hail and wind in about an hour. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged flashflood, flood, flooding, Santa Cruz, thunderstorm, travel, water | 30 Comments

As The Music Plays #15 — Homeward Bound

Posted on 07/21/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

This is a series of posts about the music I listen to while writing. This time I’m up to another Paul Simon song, Homeward Bound. This song was written by Simon in 1964 while in England. He had been performing … Continue reading →

Posted in As the music plays | Tagged As the music plays, home, homeward bound, Music, music to write by, paul-simon, Poetry, Simon and Garfunkel, simon-garfunkel, writing process | 19 Comments

As The Pizza Cooks — Episode 27

Posted on 07/14/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

Here in the high desert we’ve had record breaking heat. We’ve been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit for about eight days. You may have heard other desert dwellers says, “But it’s a dry heat.” Well that’s true, humidity has been around … Continue reading →

Posted in As The Pizza Cooks | Tagged A/C, As The Pizza Cooks, creativity, heat wave, HVAC, writing process | 27 Comments

The Calendar

Posted on 06/27/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

This month the church’s writers group had three words to choose from: Dance, memory and the calendar. Here’s what I wrote for them: I’m sitting here looking at the three words, “dance,” “memory” and “the calendar.” Dance is off the … Continue reading →